Children as young as three can receive the Beijing-made Sinovac vaccine against Covid-19, government-appointed experts have recommended. More than 110 million doses of Sinovac doses have been administered to children aged 3 to 17 in mainland China. Chile, Indonesia and Cambodia have also approved for children as young as six years old to get the Sinovac shots. The lowered age requirement for the Sinovac vaccine could also lead to the resumption of full-day classes in primary schools in Hong Kong. He said: “The statistics are very limited because the [Sinovac] study only included 56 children aged between three and five and 81 kids aged six to 11.

Source: The Standard November 15, 2021 20:45 UTC